Limb-length discrepancy after total hip arthroplasty (THA) leads to patient dissatisfaction and can be a cause of orthopedic surgery malpractice cases. Nonsurgical and surgical techniques exist to correct limb-length discrepancies. Two limb-lengthening methods were used to correct greater than 2-cm limb-length discrepancies after THA: lengthening over a femoral nail with an external fixator and...

survival analysis is a set of methods used for analysis of the data which exist until the occurrence of an event. this study aimed to compare the results of the use of the semi-parametric cox model with parametric models to determine the factors influencing the length of stay of patients in the inpatient units of women hospital in tehran, iran. in this historical cohort study all 3421 charts of...

A 50-year-old man with diabetes (patient 1) underwent left below-knee amputation (BKA) for a nonhealing infected foot ulcer. Necrotic eschars developed on the residual limb (Figure 1). He was referred to the dermatology department postoperatively for wound care prior to a planned above-knee amputation (AKA). A 62-year-old man with diabetes (patient 2) underwent bilateral BKA for gangrene second...

Residual limb shape capturing (Casting) consistency has a great influence on the quality of socket fit. Magnetic Resonance Imaging was used to establish a reliable reference grid for intercast and intracast shape and volume consistency of two common casting methods, Hands-off and Hands-on. Residual limbs were cast for twelve people with a unilateral below knee amputation and scanned twice for e...

Corrective osteotomies are often planned and performed on the basis of normal anatomical proportions. We have evaluated the length and torsion of the segments of the lower limb in normal individuals, to analyse the differences between left and right sides, and to provide tolerance figures for both length and torsion. We used CT on 355 adult patients and measured length and torsion by the Ulm me...

From the Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Address correspondence to: Dr. Yasir S. Siddiqui, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, PO Box 71, Sri Ram Murti Samarak Institute of Medical Sciences, Bhojipura, Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, India. Tel. +919 (83) 7343400. Fax. +915 (71) 2702758. E-mail: yassu98@gma...